Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-03-2007, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 125
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-19-2007, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 326
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-29-2007, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: Do You Keep Receipts?
I pretty much credit card anything over $5-10, makes it very easy to see what you're spending money on, and you get rewards + purchase protection as well. Very easy to just DL your statements for...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-28-2007, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 260
Re: Betting on another 911
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Excellent response kimchi. I guess they forgot about all the lies the pedophiles, drunks, and homosexuals in DC made up to send the troops to Iraq to steal arab oil.
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I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-28-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 260
Re: Betting on another 911
guys... are you serious??? There are some parts of 9/11 that are really really really hard to explain. Our government is surely keeping us in the dark. I believe it is more likely that our...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-27-2007, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 207
Re: Thinking of going into real estate
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invest in ghetto = high margins, high headaches
invest in primo = lower margins, fewer headaches
YMMV
tritate your investment to your tolerance as indicated above.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-27-2007, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 207
Re: Thinking of going into real estate
Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads: The Fastest and Safest Way to Real Estate Wealth by Larry B. Loftis
I highly recommend this book; the book is written by an American; and the tax law...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-16-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 198
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 212
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: 18 years old approved for $3250 credit line???
im in my early 20's and have about a 60-70k credit limit spread over 10 cards or so... as long as you pay on time and use credit responsibly, most companies are happy to issue you a card / bump your...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 212
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 212
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 04:25 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 203
Re: Financial Advisors
Barron,
I'd really like to know more specifics about your portfolio. I don't know many people who have a portfolio
divided up between passive and active investments...
usually i'll encounter...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-04-2007, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 89
Re: someone writes me a check....
if the account is closed, you won't get the money, and your bank may charge you a fee of ~25+-5 dollars.
many banks would like you to not have any outstanding checks when you close the account...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-03-2007, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 203
Re: Financial Advisors
I didn't mean to bash index funds so hard in that last post, they can be very very useful for people who just don't have the time / effort to put into investing
I would definitely recommend one up...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-03-2007, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 203
Re: Financial Advisors
Dcifr- I didn't see you wrote equities in one of your first posts until I re-read it... anyways,
I think we pretty much have the same viewpoint and have just articulated it differently.
To...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-02-2007, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: prepaid credit cards - lucrative?
sammich- i've been getting checks from most poker sites these days... idk if im in the majority or not though. And I could see paying about 1-2% for gift cards but much more than that probably...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-02-2007, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 203
Re: Financial Advisors
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if we are talking about strictly passive investments:
1) market timing is not optimal
2) dollar cost averaging is not optimal
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-02-2007, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 203
Re: Financial Advisors
I answered the 'risk capacity' questionairre thing from IFA, which seemed somewhat simplistic, and rather poorly worded in places. The site seems to suggest that beta is a good measure of risk....
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-02-2007, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 61
Re: Investing > Gambling??
One thing to keep in mind about the stock market- the 'long run' in poker might be 10k hands played. The 'long run' in the stock market might be 20+ years.
I would only recommend investing money in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-02-2007, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 61
Re: Investing > Gambling??
I really don't see any difference between investing and gambling: is poker gambling or investing? Let's not argue semantics here. You're betting on the outcome(s) of certain...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-22-2007, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 63
Re: Investing Literature
Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads: The Fastest and Safest Way to Real Estate Wealth
by Loftis
i already knew most of the information in this book, but i would highly recommend it and am...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-15-2007, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 117
Re: please evaluate my life plan:
why can you only borrow 1/3 of the value of the property? putting more than 10% down on a piece of RE seems really really -EV to me. Is this standard in the UK?
There's no way in hell buying is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-13-2007, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 124
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-13-2007, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 51
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